Grease 2 large baking trays. Place yeast, sugar and milk in a bowl. Stir until yeast is dissolved. Cover. Set aside in a warm place for 10 minutes or until foamy.

Step 2

Sift flour, mixed spice and cinnamon in a bowl. Rub in butter until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Make a well in centre. Add yeast mixture, 1/4 cup warm water, egg, sultanas and vanilla. Mix well to combine. Cover with lightly greased plastic wrap. Set aside in a warm place for 1 hour or until doubled in size.3 Preheat oven to 200°C/180°C fan-forced. Turn dough onto a floured surface. Knead for 8 minutes or until smooth. Divide dough into 12 portions. Shape each portion into a 13cm long log. Place logs on prepared trays, 5cm apart. Cover with a tea towel and set aside in a warm place for 15 minutes.

Step 3

Brush buns with a little milk. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until golden and cooked through (buns will sound hollow when tapped). Transfer to a wire rack to cool.

Step 4

Make icing: Sift icing sugar into a bowl. Add butter, 2 teaspoons hot water and pink food colouring. Stir until smooth and combined, adding extra water if necessary. Spread icing over tops of buns. Sprinkle half the buns with hundreds and thousands and remaining buns with coconut. Set aside until icing sets. Serve.

Ratings & Comments

Ratings & Comments

Super tasty and the kids loved them for afternoon snack, and recess! When ready, mine didn't have a hollow sound after tapping them and I would recommend turning the oven down slightly.

3Kittypillar rated this recipe at
07:26pm Sun 10th May, 2015

4.5Meg003 added this comment at
10:09am Sun 22nd September, 2013

Just made these. They are absolutely delish! A little bit time consuming but if you have the spare time they are well worth it. I don't like sultanas so I substituted them for chocolate chips.

3.5rainforest310 added this comment at
01:44pm Mon 22nd July, 2013

Loved the flavour, used the bread maker so it was super easy too. But I was a little disappointed in the quantity of dough. Will definately make these again

4.5MMurray added this comment at
11:33am Tue 26th March, 2013

These are sweet but still delicious. I made these for my kids to take to school & they were a little fiddly but it was worth it as they were a hit, the kids loved them! Next time I will try making it with a little less sugar in the dough though. My buns also took a little longer to rise than the recipe stated but were still fine. They did turn out a little smaller than expected, though they were a perfect size for school treats. I did have to add a little extra water to the icing to get the spreading consistency right aswell. I will definitely be making these again.

5princessanna57 added this comment at
11:05pm Thu 29th November, 2012

These are soooo good!!!

4.5lisa_m_d added this comment at
03:50pm Mon 11th June, 2012

Delicious! I added an extra teaspoon of cinnamon and used a sultana/dried apricot mix because that's what I had in the cupboard. I also made them as a slightly smaller kid-sized version and got 16. Spread with butter and enjoyed with a cuppa, these finger buns are the perfect afternoon tea treat! :)

Questions

Questions

Question: My rolls are really small is it because my yeast didnt rise or is it because I was lazy and try to do it in the bread maker? I had the same problem when trying to make hot cross buns a few days ago